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Improving Your Use of New FamilySearch: Data Cleanup Strategies

Geoff Rasmussen
Jan 21, 2011
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Welcome
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Polls
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Introduction
13m 09s
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Standardized Locations
9m 18s
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Potential Problems
15m 51s
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When Are You Done?
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Got Duplicates?
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Unlinked Trees
3m 27s
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Gaps
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Conclusion
2m 10s

About this webinar

Learn what to do before synchronizing/exchanging your data with FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org). Learn how to massage your personal data for improved searching and sharing. Learn about standardization methods, locating potential problems, and cleaning up your data. The one hour class will be taught by Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen to both 1) a live audience at the Arizona Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona and 2) to our live webinar audience.

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Geoff Rasmussen
Geoffrey D. Rasmussen is the father of four budding genealogists. He graduated with a degree in Genealogy and Family History from Brigham Young University and has served as director and vice-president of the Utah Genealogical Association. He is th
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